The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Second Lieutenant (Medical Corps) Charlie M. Dodge (ASN: 2940), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Sanitary Detachment, 104th Infantry Regiment (Attached), 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Bois Brule, near Apremont, France, 10 April 1918. Second Lieutenant Dodge displayed conspicuous gallantry during the action of 10 April 1918, in running through a heavily shelled area to rescue an officer who had fallen mortally wounded, and at great personal risk carrying him to the dressing station.